discoursing
USdis-KAWRS-ing/dɪsˈkɔɹsɪŋ/UKdis-KAWS-ing/dɪsˈkɔːsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of discourse. Use it when someone is talking or writing about a topic at length right now.
She was discoursing about her travels long after dinner ended.
He kept discoursing on local politics until the room emptied.
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- 2Talk and conversation shared between people as they spend time together.
Their discoursing kept the whole table entertained for hours.
I missed all the discoursing while I was busy in the kitchen.
Similarconversation, discussion, talk, dialogue, chat
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discoursing is a form of discourse
discourse, verb: To speak or write about something in a long, formal way. Full entry
- Forms
- discoursediscourses he/she/itdiscoursing -ing formdiscoursed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- discourse → discoursing: drop the e, add -ing
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